Government Then and Now
Students will identify the purposes of government, distinguish between limited and unlimited governments and develop a project that analyzes and traces the roots of democracy.

Democracy: Is It For Everybody?
Students will gather, analyze, interpret, and synthesize historical information regarding how past civilizations have contributed to the advancement of democracy in today’s world as well as use that information to make appropriate decisions regarding the advancement of democracy in countries where democracy is not a way of life.

This is a second example of a PBL created by West Virginia DOE. Hard copy printed in teacher file. Digial copy saved on Mac/Social Studies/World History/Government/


Who Rules?
Learning Objective: Students will be able to: differentiate between the features of several forms of government using a semantic feature analysis map AND compare and contrast forms of government in a sentence completion activity.